Novels for students. Volume 36 : presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied novels
Title:
Novels for students. Volume 36 : presenting analysis, context, and criticism on commonly studied novels
Author:
Constantakis, Sara, editor.
ISBN:
9781414466996
Publication Information:
Detroit, Mich. : Gale, [2011]
©2011
Physical Description:
xix, 376 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm.
Series:
Gale virtual reference library
General Note:
"ISSN 1094-3552."
Guest foreword "The Informed Dialogue: Interacting with Literature" by Anne Devereaux Jordan.
Contents:
All quiet on the western front -- All the pretty horses / by Cormac McCarthy -- The brief wondrous life of Oscar Wao / by Junot Diaz -- The crying of lot 49 / by Thomas Pynchon -- Extremely loud & incredibly close / by Jonathan Safran Foer -- Herland / by Charlotte Perkins Gilman -- The island of Dr. Moreau / by H.G. Wells -- Lord of the flies / by William Golding -- Platero and I / by Juan Ramon Jimenez -- Praisesong for the widow / by Paule Marshall -- The red tent / by Anita Diamant -- Shane / by Jack Warner Schaefer -- The third man / by Graham Greene -- Villette / by Charlotte Bronte.
Abstract:
Provides critical overviews of novels from various cultures and time periods. Includes discussions of plot, characters, themes and structure as well as the work's cultural and historical significance.
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Document ID:
SD_ILS:2235333